Krishna Rajan, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Erich Bloch Chair, Department of Materials Design and Innovation, University at Buffalo

Kemper Lewis, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University at Buffalo

Session Co-Chairs: Kris Reyes (Assistant Professor, Materials Design and Innovation, UB) and Krishna Rajan (Professor, Materials Design and Innovation, UB)

Big Data and the Changing Landscape of Science: Alex Szalay, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Department of Computer Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Director, Institute for Data Intensive Science, Johns Hopkins University

Our Human Planet: Why Population Data Are Vital for Science and Sustainability: Robert S. Chen, Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University

Physics Guided Machine Learning: A New Framework for Accelerating Scientific Discovery: Vipin Kumar, Regents Professor and William Norris Endowed Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Minnesota

Session Co-Chairs: Scott Broderick (Associate Research Professor, Materials Design and Innovation, UB), William Bauer (Assistant Research Professor, Materials Design and Innovation, UB)

Posters and presentations by graduate students from the Department of Materials Design and Innovation
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Session Co-Chairs: Quanxi Jia (Professor, Materials Design and Innovation, UB) and Olga Wodo (Associate Professor, Materials Design and Innovation, UB)

The Nexus of Data Science and Materials Processing - A New Vista for MSE: Diran Apelian, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; Director, Advanced Casting Research Center (ACRC), University of California, Irvine; Provost Emeritus, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Creating an Organized, Searchable Data Repository On Next-generation Materials: L. Catherine Brinson, Sharon C. and Harold L. Yoh, III Distinguished Professor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Department, Duke University

Session Co-Chairs: Bruce Pitman (Professor, Materials Design and Innovation, UB), Jung-Hun Seo (Assistant Professor, Materials Design and Innovation, UB).

Now You See Me, Now You Don’t: Understanding Chemical Tricks That Impact Environmental Regulations: Diana Aga, Henry M. Woodburn Chair Professor of Chemistry, University at Buffalo

Navigating Disinformation and the Mobile Truth in Science Communication: A Cervantine Approach: David Castillo, Professor of Spanish, Department of Romance Languages; Director, Humanities Institute, University at Buffalo

Bridging the Climate Chasm: Culture as Strategy in the Climate Crisis: John Fiege, Assistant Professor, Department of Media Study, University at Buffalo

Bridging the Climate Chasm: The Aesthetics of Accumulation and Waste: Matt Kenyon, Associate Professor, Department of Art, University at Buffalo